JP2002522314A - Equipment for removing shipments from shipment containers - Google Patents

Equipment for removing shipments from shipment containers

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JP2002522314A
JP2002522314A JP2000563414A JP2000563414A JP2002522314A JP 2002522314 A JP2002522314 A JP 2002522314A JP 2000563414 A JP2000563414 A JP 2000563414A JP 2000563414 A JP2000563414 A JP 2000563414A JP 2002522314 A JP2002522314 A JP 2002522314A
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エネンケル ペーター
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
    • B07C1/02—Forming articles into a stream; Arranging articles in a stream, e.g. spacing, orientating
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B69/00—Unpacking of articles or materials, not otherwise provided for
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G2207/00—Indexing codes relating to constructional details, configuration and additional features of a handling device, e.g. Conveyors
    • B65G2207/46—Tray unloading features

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Abstract

(57)【要約】 上方が開放した方形の発送物容器から発送物を取り出すための装置においては、発送物容器（１）が、側方の複数のガイド部材（２）を有していて、それによって側方の複数のガイド軌道（３）上を走行可能、かつ、摺動可能である。発送物容器（１）の底部を貫通し、かつ、送り方向に延在する切欠（１１）が設けられている。送り方向とは逆方向に自由に突き出る狭い支持フィンガー（６）がガイド軌道（３）間に設けられている。支持フィンガー（６）と、容器底部に設けられた切欠（１１）とは、発送物容器（１）がガイド軌道（３）に沿って送られる際に支持フィンガー（６）が発送物（４）の下側で容器底部の切欠（１１）内に侵入するような寸法に設計され、またそのように位置決めされている。送り方向で前後に配置された、発送物容器（１）の側壁が、少なくとも支持フィンガー（６）を介して上方に向かって開放する切欠（５）を有している。支持フィンガー（６）の領域でガイド軌道（３）には、支持部材（２）のための孔（７）が設けられている、それによってこの箇所で、発送物容器（１）は下方に落下して、発送物が支持フィンガー（６）上に残るようになっている。 (57) [Summary] In an apparatus for removing a shipment from a rectangular shipment container having an open top, the shipment container (1) has a plurality of lateral guide members (2), Thereby, it can run on a plurality of lateral guide tracks (3) and can slide. A notch (11) is provided that penetrates the bottom of the shipping container (1) and extends in the feed direction. Narrow support fingers (6), which protrude freely in the direction opposite to the feed direction, are provided between the guide tracks (3). The support finger (6) and the notch (11) provided at the bottom of the container allow the support finger (6) to be moved when the container (1) is sent along the guide track (3). Is designed and positioned so as to penetrate into the notch (11) in the bottom of the container. The side walls of the shipping container (1), which are arranged one behind the other in the feed direction, have a notch (5) which opens upwards at least via the support fingers (6). In the area of the support finger (6), the guide track (3) is provided with a hole (7) for the support member (2), at which point the shipping container (1) falls down. Thus, the shipment remains on the support finger (6).

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

【０００１】 本発明は、上方が開放している方形の発送物容器から発送物を取り出して、発
送物容器を空にするための装置に関する。扁平な発送物を仕分け装置で仕分けす
る際には、相応の発送物容器が用いられる。一方では、この仕分け装置内に発送
物容器が挿入され、この発送物容器内に小包が直接仕分けられ、仕分け作業後に
マニュアルで又は自動式に取り出される。他方では、発送物は定置の扇状容器内
に仕分けられ、この扇状容器から発送物がマニュアルで又は自動式に取り出され
、発送物容器内に積み替えられる。これらの容器内に発送物は中間貯蔵され、次
の作業段階に供給される。これは、例えば連続仕分けのための同じ仕分け装置に
おける第２の仕分け段階であってもよいし、別の仕分け装置における別の仕分け
であってもよい。[0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus for removing shipments from a rectangular shipment container having an open top and emptying the shipment containers. When sorting flat outgoing goods with a sorting device, a corresponding outgoing goods container is used. On the one hand, a shipping container is inserted into the sorting device, the parcels are sorted directly into the shipping container, and are manually or automatically removed after the sorting operation. On the other hand, the shipments are sorted into stationary fan-shaped containers, from which the shipments are removed manually or automatically and transshipped into the shipping containers. In these containers, the shipment is stored interim and supplied to the next working stage. This may be, for example, a second sorting stage in the same sorting device for continuous sorting, or another sorting in another sorting device.

【０００２】 発送物で満たされた容器から発送物を取り出して容器を空にするために、従来
では次のような解決策が公知である。[0002] The following solutions are known in the prior art for emptying the containers from the packages filled with the packages.

【０００３】 1. 容器を積載面上に１８０゜傾ける（容器の傾倒）。1. Tilt the container 180 ° on the loading surface (tilt the container).

【０００４】 ドイツ連邦共和国特許第１９５４５７１６号明細書によれば、直立状態で支え
られた発送物を有する容器が自動的に、走行可能及び旋回可能な２つの仕切ナイ
フ間の、個別化するための供給区分上に旋回せしめられる。[0004] According to DE 195 45 716, a container with an upright-supported shipment is automatically separated into two separate movable and pivotable separating knives. It is swung over the supply section.

【０００５】 しかしながらこの解決策は高価であって、発送物は旋回過程時に強く負荷され
、良好な積み重ね状態を維持することが保証されなくなく。[0005] However, this solution is expensive and the load is heavily loaded during the turning process and it is not guaranteed that a good stacking condition is maintained.

【０００６】 2. 容器の側壁又は底部を開放し、発送物を落下させるか又は押し出すことに
よって空にされる。2. Open the side wall or bottom of the container and empty it by dropping or pushing out the shipment.

【０００７】 3. 付加的な容器底部を押し出す。[0007] 3. Extrude the additional container bottom.

【０００８】 以上２つの解決策においては、同様に、発送物を昇降させるか、若しくは容器
底部及び／又は側壁を開閉するために高価な運動学的な付属装置が必要である。
この場合、発送物の配向エラーも生じる。[0008] These two solutions likewise require expensive kinematic accessories for raising and lowering the shipment or opening and closing the container bottom and / or side walls.
In this case, there is also an orientation error of the shipment.

【０００９】 そこで請求項１に記載した本発明の課題は、パイル（積み重ね）の配向及び質
が維持され、必要な運動力学的な運動経過が最小限に減少されるように、発送物
容器を空にするための、確実に作動する装置を提供することである。支持フィン
ガーと、容器底部に形成された切欠と、発送物容器における側方のガイド部材と
、支持フィンガーの領域でのガイド部材のための開口を備えたガイド軌道とを組
み合わせた構成によって発送物容器を押しずらす際に、発送物は支持フィンガー
上に残り、これに対して発送物容器は下方に移動する。つまり、発送物は、発送
物容器から取り出されるか又は位置配向を変えることによって発送物容器から遠
ざけられるのではなく、その位置に止まり、発送物容器がわずかな手間で遠ざけ
られるようになっているのである。It is an object of the present invention to provide a delivery container in such a way that the orientation and the quality of the piles are maintained and the required kinematic kinematic course is reduced to a minimum. It is to provide a reliable working device for emptying. A shipping container with a combination of a support finger, a notch formed in the bottom of the container, a lateral guide member in the shipping container, and a guide track with an opening for the guide member in the region of the support finger. , The shipment remains on the support finger, while the shipment container moves downward. That is, the shipment is not removed from the shipment container or moved away from the shipping container by changing the position orientation, but stays in that position, and the shipment container is moved away with a little effort. It is.

【００１０】 請求項２によれば、例えば空にされた発送物容器を確実に積み重ねることを保
証するために、下方運動時に発送物容器をガイドすれば有利である。According to claim 2, it is advantageous, for example, to guide the shipping containers during the downward movement, in order to ensure that the emptied shipping containers are stacked.

【００１１】 請求項３によれば、空の発送物容器は有利な形式で、例えば容器収集箇所に搬
出するための搬送装置例えばコンベヤベルト上に達する。[0011] According to claim 3, the empty outgoing delivery containers arrive in an advantageous manner, for example, on a transport device, for example a conveyor belt, for unloading at the container collection point.

【００１２】 請求項４に従って、発送物が発送物容器内に収容された搬送される場合には、
請求項５に従って支持フィンガーが駆動される狭いコンベヤベルトを備えていれ
ば、発送物は、支持フィンガーを越えて別の搬送手段又は作業ステーションに搬
送される。According to claim 4, when the shipment is transported in a shipment container,
With a narrow conveyor belt on which the support fingers are driven according to claim 5, the shipment is transported over the support fingers to another transport means or work station.

【００１３】 これに対して、請求項６に従って、発送物が狭幅側（幅の狭い方の側）を下に
して送り方向に対して直交する横方向で直立して発送物容器内に積み重ねられる
ようになっていれば、請求項７に記載した有利な構成に従って、発送物パイル（
積み重ね）は、力調節可能な（ｋｒａｆｔａｄａｐｔｉｖ）支持部によって容器
壁部に設けられた切欠を通って保持され、発送物容器の下方運動後にさらにずら
される。この場合も、積み卸し中の配向及び積み重ね品質に関連して、発送物パ
イルが維持される。On the other hand, according to the sixth aspect, the goods are stacked in the goods container upright in the transverse direction perpendicular to the feeding direction with the narrow side (narrower side) facing down. If this is the case, according to an advantageous configuration as claimed in claim 7, the shipment pile (
The stack is held by a force-adjustable support through a cutout in the container wall and is further displaced after the downward movement of the shipping container. In this case too, the outgoing pile is maintained in relation to the orientation and the stacking quality during unloading.

【００１４】 必要な運動力学的な運動段階の数を最小限に減少したことによって、半自動式
の又は完全自動式の取り出し作業（発送物容器を空にする作業）が簡単に実現さ
れる。装置をマニュアルで操作する際に、作業員は、発送物パイルを保持してこ
れをずらし、それによって発送物容器もガイド軌道に沿って、別の処理のための
引き取り箇所にずらす。発送物容器は、支持フィンガーを介してその重力によっ
て下方に移動する。つまり運動力学又はエネルギー供給は必要ない。発送物容器
をプロセス室から下方に移動させることによって、発送物容器の完全自動式の又
は半自動式の搬出が同様に簡単に実現可能である。全体的に取り出し作業は非常
に確実に作動する。By minimizing the number of required kinematic steps, a semi-automatic or fully automatic unloading operation (empty emptying of the shipping container) is easily realized. During manual operation of the apparatus, the operator holds and shifts the shipment pile, thereby shifting the shipment container along the guide track to a pick-up location for further processing. The shipment container moves downward by its gravity via the support fingers. That is, no kinematics or energy supply is required. By moving the shipping container downwards from the process chamber, a fully automatic or semi-automatic removal of the shipping container can likewise be realized in a simple manner. Overall the unloading operation works very reliably.

【００１５】 以下に本発明を図面に示した実施例に基づいて詳しく説明する。Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.

【００１６】 図１乃至図７は、満たされた発送物容器の送り若しくは押しずらし、発送物パ
イルの取り出し、個別化装置への供給等の種々異なる段階を示す概略的な斜視図
である。1 to 7 are schematic perspective views showing the different stages of feeding or pushing a filled shipping container, taking out a shipping pile, feeding it to an individualizing device, and the like.

【００１７】 この場合、送り部材は詳しく説明されていない。送りは、作業員が発送物パイ
ルを両手で両側から掴んで、これを発送物容器１と共に個別化装置に向かって押
しずらすか、又は後述されているように自動式に行われる。In this case, the feed member is not described in detail. Feeding is carried out by an operator by grasping the shipment pile from both sides with both hands and pushing it together with the shipment container 1 towards the individualization device, or automatically as described below.

【００１８】 上側が開放している方形の発送物容器１には、送り方向に対して直交して立て
て配置されている発送物４が積み込まれており、この発送物容器１は、送り方向
に延びる貫通する切欠１１を備えた底部を有している。送り方向で前後に位置す
る側壁は、切欠１１を介して上方に開放する切欠５を有している。発送物容器１
の側方にはガイド部材２が配置されており、このガイド部材によって、発送物容
器１は側方のガイド軌道３上で押しずらされる。図１及び図２に示されているよ
うに、後方の側壁に向かって整列された発送物４を備えた容器１は、支持フィン
ガー６を備えた領域内に達する。支持フィンガー６は、発送物容器１がずらされ
て発送物４の下側で切欠１１内に侵入するような寸法に構成され、またそのよう
な高さに取り付けられている。発送物１が支持フィンガー６上に位置し、側方の
支持部材が、支持部材６のための開口７に達すると（図３）、発送物容器１はそ
の重力によって下方に落下する（図４及び図５）。次いで発送物容器１は発送物
搬送面の下に位置するので、発送物容器１はここで、図示していない搬送手段に
よって容易に搬出することができる。[0018] In a rectangular shipping container 1 having an open upper side, a shipping product 4 which is arranged upright at right angles to the feeding direction is loaded. Has a bottom with a notch 11 extending therethrough. The side wall located forward and backward in the feed direction has a notch 5 that opens upward through a notch 11. Shipment container 1
A guide member 2 is arranged on the side of, and the shipping container 1 is pushed and shifted on the side guide track 3 by this guide member. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the container 1 with the shipment 4 aligned towards the rear side wall reaches into the area with the support fingers 6. The support fingers 6 are dimensioned such that the shipment container 1 is displaced and penetrates into the cutout 11 below the shipment 4 and is mounted at such a height. When the shipment 1 is located on the support finger 6 and the lateral support member has reached the opening 7 for the support member 6 (FIG. 3), the shipment container 1 falls down due to its gravity (FIG. 4). And FIG. 5). The shipping container 1 is then located below the shipping surface, so that the shipping container 1 can now be easily carried out by means of transport, not shown.

【００１９】 次いで、発送物パイルが支持フィンガー６上で、仕分け機の投入口上に送られ
る。この仕分け機は、供給台と引き出し装置とを有しており、図示の実施例では
、引き出し装置は、２つのローラ上のガイドされ、始動−停止運転で駆動される
、高い摩擦係数を有する引き出しベルト１０である。この引き出しベルト１０は
それぞれ最も手前に存在する発送物を掴む。供給台は、駆動される床下ベルト８
と、同様に駆動される旋回可能な仕切ナイフ９とから成っており、床下ベルト８
上に発送物４が直立している。発送物パイルは、作業員によってできるだけ遠く
に、引き出しベルト１０に向かってずらされ、仕切ナイフ９が発送物パイルの後
ろに旋回せしめられ、それによって発送物パイルは傾くことがない（図６、図７
）。Next, the shipment pile is sent on the support fingers 6 to the input port of the sorting machine. The sorter has a feed pedestal and a drawer device, in the embodiment shown the drawer device has a high coefficient of friction drawer guided on two rollers and driven in a start-stop operation. Belt 10. Each of the drawer belts 10 grips the foremost shipment. The supply platform is a driven underfloor belt 8
And a swivelable partition knife 9 which is driven in the same manner.
The shipment 4 is standing upright. The shipment pile is shifted by the operator as far as possible towards the drawer belt 10 and the separating knife 9 is swiveled behind the shipment pile, so that the shipment pile does not tilt (FIG. 6, FIG. 6). 7
).

【００２０】 次いで仕切ナイフ６と床下ベルト８とは、発送物パイルを個別化する間に、積
み重ね圧力を制御しながら引き出しベルト１０に向かって移動せしめられる。The separating knife 6 and the underfloor belt 8 are then moved toward the pull-out belt 10 while controlling the stacking pressure, while individualizing the pile of shipment.

【００２１】 前記半自動式の取り出し作業の他に、全自動式の取り出し作業も可能である。
この場合、自動式の搬送システムは、満たされた発送物容器１をガイド軌道３上
に送り、搬送物容器を投入口の方向に送る。支持フィンガー６上の引き渡し位置
では、力調節可能な２つの支持部、図示の実施例では同様に旋回可能な２つの仕
切ナイフが発送物パイルを両側から掴む。この場合、所定の掴み力が維持される
。発送物容器１が下方へ移動すると、２つの仕切ナイフは発送物パイルを引き出
し箇所に向かって押しずらす。この引き出し箇所では、まだ１つの積み重ね若し
くは部分積み重ねが、別の仕切ナイフによって保持されている。全積み重ねの引
き渡し及び個別化は、例えばドイツ連邦共和国特許第１９５４５７１６号明細書
に記載されている。発送物４が容器内に入れられて搬送される場合は、支持フィ
ンガー６が、駆動される狭いコンベヤベルトを有していて、それによって存在す
る発送物が自動的にさらに搬送されるようになっていれば有利である。In addition to the semi-automatic take-out operation, a fully automatic take-out operation is also possible.
In this case, the automatic transport system sends the filled outgoing goods container 1 onto the guide track 3 and sends the carried goods container in the direction of the inlet. In the transfer position on the support finger 6, two force-adjustable supports, in the illustrated embodiment two similarly pivotable partition knives, grip the delivery pile from both sides. In this case, a predetermined gripping force is maintained. As the shipment container 1 moves downward, the two partition knives push the shipment pile toward the draw-out point. At this withdrawal point, one stack or partial stack is still held by another partition knife. The delivery and individualization of the entire stack is described, for example, in DE 195 45 716. If the shipment 4 is transported in a container, the support fingers 6 have a driven narrow conveyor belt, so that the existing shipment is automatically further transported. It would be advantageous.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of the drawings]

【図１】 満たされた発送物容器の送り段階を示す概略的な斜視図である。FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a feeding stage of a filled shipment container.

【図２】 満たされた発送物容器の送り段階を示す概略的な斜視図である。FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing a feeding stage of a filled shipment container.

【図３】 満たされた発送物容器の送り段階を示す概略的な斜視図である。FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a feeding stage of a filled shipment container.

【図４】 発送物パイルの取り出し段階を示す概略的な斜視図である。FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing a removal stage of a shipment pile.

【図５】 発送物パイルの取り出し段階を示す概略的な斜視図である。FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing a removal stage of a shipment pile.

【図６】 発送物パイルを個別化装置に供給する段階を示す概略的な斜視図である。FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view showing a step of supplying a shipment pile to an individualizing device.

【図７】 発送物パイルを個別化装置に供給する段階を示す概略的な斜視図である。FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view showing a step of supplying a shipment pile to an individualizing device.

【手続補正書】特許協力条約第３４条補正の翻訳文提出書[Procedural Amendment] Submission of translation of Article 34 Amendment of the Patent Cooperation Treaty

【提出日】平成１２年５月２６日（２０００．５．２６）[Submission date] May 26, 2000 (2000.5.26)

【手続補正１】[Procedure amendment 1]

【補正対象書類名】明細書[Document name to be amended] Statement

【補正対象項目名】請求項１[Correction target item name] Claim 1

【補正方法】変更[Correction method] Change

【補正内容】[Correction contents]

【手続補正２】[Procedure amendment 2]

【補正対象書類名】明細書[Document name to be amended] Statement

【補正対象項目名】０００８[Correction target item name] 0008

【補正方法】変更[Correction method] Change

【補正内容】[Correction contents]

【０００８】 以上２つの解決策においては、同様に、発送物を昇降させるか、若しくは容器
底部及び／又は側壁を開閉するために高価な運動学的な付属装置が必要である。
この場合、発送物の配向エラーも生じる。 アメリカ合衆国特許第４００５７９２号明細書によれば、発送物容器が、その
底部を貫通する切欠を有していて、これらの切欠を通って支持フィンガーが発送
物の下側に侵入するようになっている解決策が公知である。この場合は、高価な
機構によって、支持フィンガーと容器とが、２つの面に沿って移動せしめられ、
それによって、発送物が材料投入口の供給台上を送られるようになっている。[0008] These two solutions likewise require expensive kinematic accessories for raising and lowering the shipment or opening and closing the container bottom and / or side walls.
In this case, there is also an orientation error of the shipment. According to U.S. Pat. No. 4,0057,792, the shipping container has cutouts through its bottom, through which the support fingers penetrate the underside of the load. Solutions are known. In this case, the support finger and the container are moved along two planes by an expensive mechanism,
Thereby, the outgoing goods can be sent on the supply stand at the material input port.

───────────────────────────────────────────────────── フロントページの続き Ｆターム(参考） 3E058 AA02 BA11 EA10 GA08 3F079 AA04 BA03 BA05 3F343 FA06 FA09 FA10 FA11 FA15 FB01 FB05 FC18 GA04 GB01 GC01 GD01 GE02 GE09 KB03 LA04 LA12 【要約の続き】 フィンガー（６）上に残るようになっている。──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page F term (reference) 3E058 AA02 BA11 EA10 GA08 3F079 AA04 BA03 BA05 3F343 FA06 FA09 FA10 FA11 FA15 FB01 FB05 FC18 GA04 GB01 GC01 GD01 GE02 GE09 KB03 LA04 LA12 [Continuation of summary] On the finger (6) It is supposed to remain.

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【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項１】 上方が開放した方形の複数の発送物容器から発送物を取り出
すための装置において、 発送物容器（１）が、側方の複数のガイド部材（２）を有していて、それによ
って側方の複数のガイド軌道（３）上を走行可能、かつ、摺動可能であって、 発送物容器（１）が、この発送物容器の底部を貫通し、かつ、送り方向に延在
する切欠（１１）を有しており、 送り方向とは逆方向に自由に突き出る狭い支持フィンガー（６）がガイド軌道
（３）間に設けられており、該支持フィンガー（６）が発送物容器（１）の送り
方向で見て発送物容器（１）よりも長く構成されており、支持フィンガー（６）
と、容器底部に設けられた切欠（１１）とが、発送物容器（１）がガイド軌道（
３）に沿って送られる際に支持フィンガー（６）が発送物（４）の下側で容器底
部の切欠（１１）内に侵入するように、寸法設計されかつ位置決めされており、 送り方向で前後に配置された、発送物容器（１）の側壁が、少なくとも支持フ
ィンガー（６）を介して上方に向かって開放する切欠（５）を有しており、 ガイド軌道（３）が、支持フィンガー（６）の領域に、発送物容器（１）のガ
イド部材（２）のための開口（７）を有していて、これらの開口（７）は、発送
物容器（１）の送り運動中に、ガイド部材（２）が開口（７）内に侵入して、発
送物容器（１）が送り方向に対して下方に９０゜の方向で移動せしめられて、発
送物（４）が支持フィンガー（６）上に残るように、寸法設計されかつ位置決め
されている、 ことを特徴とする、発送物容器から発送物を取り出すための装置。1. An apparatus for taking out shipments from a plurality of square-shaped shipment containers having an open top, wherein the shipment container (1) has a plurality of lateral guide members (2), Thereby, it can run on a plurality of lateral guideways (3) and can slide, so that the shipping container (1) passes through the bottom of the shipping container and extends in the feed direction. A narrow support finger (6), which protrudes freely in the direction opposite to the feed direction, is provided between the guide tracks (3), and the support finger (6) is The support finger (6) is configured to be longer than the shipping container (1) when viewed in the feed direction of the container (1).
And the notch (11) provided at the bottom of the container.
3) are dimensioned and positioned so that the support finger (6) penetrates into the notch (11) at the bottom of the container below the shipment (4) as it is fed along The front and rear arranged side walls of the shipping container (1) have notches (5) which open upwards at least via the support fingers (6), the guide track (3) being provided with support fingers. In the area of (6), there are openings (7) for the guide members (2) of the shipping container (1), these openings (7) being provided during the feeding movement of the shipping container (1). Then, the guide member (2) penetrates into the opening (7), and the shipment container (1) is moved downward by 90 ° with respect to the feed direction, so that the shipment (4) is supported by the support fingers. (6) dimensioned and positioned so as to remain on top, That, a device for taking out a shipment from the shipping container. 【請求項２】 下降運動時に発送物容器（１）をガイドするための部材が設
けられている、請求項１記載の装置。2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a member is provided for guiding the shipping container during the lowering movement. 【請求項３】 空の発送物容器（１）が搬出のための搬送方向で容器収集箇
所に達する、請求項１又は２記載の装置。3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the empty shipping container (1) reaches the container collection point in the transport direction for unloading. 【請求項４】 発送物が発送物容器（１）内に立てて配置されている、請求
項１記載の装置。4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the shipment is arranged upright in the shipment container (1). 【請求項５】 支持フィンガー（６）が、発送物をさらに搬送するための、
駆動されるコンベヤベルトを有している、請求項４記載の装置。5. A support finger (6) for further transporting a shipment,
5. The device according to claim 4, comprising a driven conveyor belt. 【請求項６】 発送物（４）が、発送物容器（１）内において、送り方向に
対して直交する方向で、発送物の狭幅側を下にして直立して搬送される、請求項
１記載の装置。6. The shipment (4) is conveyed upright with the narrow side of the shipment down in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction in the shipment container (1). An apparatus according to claim 1. 【請求項７】 発送物パイルが、力調節可能な支持部によって保持されて、
発送物容器の下降運動後にさらに送られるようになっている、請求項６記載の装
置。7. The shipment pile is held by a force-adjustable support,
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the apparatus is adapted to be further fed after a downward movement of the shipment container.
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